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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Mardudjara people interact with the white station owners?
(a) They train as stockmen and domestic help.
(b) They are captured and used as slaves by the white men.
(c) They trade animal skins for food and tobacco.
(d) They steal food from them.

2. In chapter one, who is the first person mentioned in the book?
(a) Molly.
(b) Maude.
(c) Kundilla.
(d) Captain Fremantle.

3. Who makes the decision about when teenage boys are ready to go into the Law?
(a) The boys themselves.
(b) The tribal elders.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) Their mothers.

4. What is the main reason why the Mardudjara people decide to leave their desert?
(a) They were finding it hard to find water.
(b) They wanted the comforts of white society.
(c) They were forced to leave by the white men.
(d) Fear of reprisals from the white men.

5. When did the first European settlers arrive in Western Australia?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1670.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Fremantle want?

2. When Golda spears one of the cattle, what happens to him?

3. Why are the Aboriginals upset that they are being tried under English law?

4. What were the new settlers advised to do?

5. What does Dora show the children how to make?

(see the answer key)

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